Murray Make Wimbledon Yours

With England out of the Euro’s the nation’s sports enthusiasts have seamlessly transferred their interest to SW19.

While numerous Brits will be on show on the courts of Wimbledon we all know only one has a realistic chance of walking away with the trophy, or at least making the second week.

Of course I’m talking about Andy Murray who begins his quest for a first grand slam today against former world no.3 Nikolay Davydenko.  

There has been much debate as to whether Murray will ever win a grand slam or whether he will never be anything more than a bridesmaid.

Many say Murray has been unlucky to be playing in what has so often been called the most difficult era of them all, with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic holding 32 majors between them.

However I think that is line of thinking is illogical, after Pete Sampras retired a new era started and the title of the game’s best was up for grabs.

Hewitt and Roddick won grand slams and lead the rankings, but Roger Federer stepped up and dominated winning slam after slam.

Federer seemed unbeatable until Nadal stepped up and won that epic 2008 final at Wimbledon and he then kicked on and dominated winning 3 slams in a row in 2010.

Then Djokovic (who although won Australia in 2008) like Murray seemed destined to miss out on winning majors because of the rivalry between Federer and Nadal, but Djokovic went away and changed his approach and last year made it his, he won 3 out of the 4 slams and produced one of the greatest seasons of tennis ever seen.

This year he has kept his run going winning in Australia and making the final of the French.

Murray now finds himself in the same position as Djokovic did in 2010, as Djokovic was struggling due to being behind Federer and Nadal, Murray is now behind Nadal and Djokovic. (I know Federer is world no.3 but I personally think his grand slam winning days are over)

Murray has in patches shown he can compete and in some cases can beat Nadal and Djokovic, but when in matters most in the slams they step up and at the moment keep leaving him behind.

If Murray can improve his serve which against the best continually holds him back, he can do it he has all the shots and imagination to win a slam, he just needs to like Federer, like Nadal, like Djokovic and like many others from previous era’s make it his.